We performed a comparison between BMC Compuware File-AID and Broadcom Test Data Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Data Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product has made our mainframe data management process easier. It has helped us save manhours. The tool's most valuable feature is the ability to edit tape files. Its ability to clone files is beneficial in application development."
"I like the ability that it has to format copy books in a presentable manner. So, you will be able to see the starting offset in length of each field within the layout."
"When I run my App Test, I can directly connect with TDM. I can publish all my data into one table in TDM, then run my App Test directly."
"Data privatization (GDPR enable), synthetic test data generation, and test data provisioning are its main interesting features."
"It allows us to create a testing environment that is repeatable. And we can manage the data so that our testing becomes automated, everything from actually performing the testing to also evaluating the results."
"TDM allows us to find the right test data for the test that we need, and then it also allows us to get the required data inputs into our API test, so that we can do a full test."
"What I find to be most valuable is its ability to do synthetic data creation. I love that because it has a lot of flexibility and you do not have to worry about one specific database or how you are going to manage all the data points."
"The solution has a portal where we can create data. We can also create synthetic data with the help of the product. We can use it to create a new data set in the database, eliminating many issues. The product helps with data accuracy and availability."
"Data generation, data masking, and data subsetting are three key features of this tool."
"The whole process is done by functions which are compiled on the source environment itself. Normally, you take the data from the source, you manage them - for example, mask them - and then you load this masked data into the destination. With this solution, it's completely different. On the source environment, there are functions compiled inside the environment, which means they are amazingly fast and, on the source environment, data are masked already. So when you take them, you already take masked data from the source. So you can copy them, even with an unencrypted pipe."
"We plan to replace BMC Compuware File-AID due to its price. Two years back, we paid 11,000 dollars. However, the current price is 27,900 dollars. The price has increased to at least eight times its initial cost. We would need to pay around 60,000 dollars to have all three products together. We also encountered issues during version updates."
"Technical support has gotten better over the years, though there's always room for improvement."
"There were some issues with initial setup. It wasn't as smooth as we had thought. We ran into a network issue, a firewall issue, things like that. It wasn't something we could not fix. We worked with CA support and with the client's team to fix it. But there were issues, it took a lot of time to install and configure."
"It has a feature called TDM Portal, where testers can find test data by themselves, based on multiple models. They can reserve the data so that it belongs to one group or individual. Obviously, that data is not available to anybody else... This feature is for one environment. But if a different group of testers wanted that data for a different environment, they can't use it via CA TDM. That feature doesn't exist."
"Needs improvement on SAP test data generation for SAP testing."
"There are different modules for masking. There is a portal and there is a standalone application as well. The standalone application is more old-fashioned. When you write rules on this old-fashioned interface, because it has more complex functions available for use, you can't migrate them to the portal."
"Needs a better fit and finish."
"A lot of research, data analysis, and work needs to be done on the source system in the tool which requires a data expert. This tool definitely requires a senior person to work on this issue, as it might be a challenge for a tester."
"We are using a specific database. We are not using Oracle or SQL, Microsoft. We are using Teradata. There are some things that they don't have in their software. For example, when delivering data, they are not delivering them in the fastest possible way. There are some things which are faster."
"We had one user that was primarily working on it, who probably spent a few months initially setting it up."
BMC Compuware File-AID is ranked 7th in Test Data Management with 2 reviews while Broadcom Test Data Manager is ranked 2nd in Test Data Management with 32 reviews. BMC Compuware File-AID is rated 8.6, while Broadcom Test Data Manager is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of BMC Compuware File-AID writes "Helps to make mainframe data management process easier and saves manhours ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Broadcom Test Data Manager writes "Helps to create synthetic data and new data sets ". BMC Compuware File-AID is most compared with IBM File Manager, File Master Plus and IBM Fault Analyzer for zOS, whereas Broadcom Test Data Manager is most compared with Delphix, Informatica Test Data Management (TDM), IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM), K2View and DATPROF. See our BMC Compuware File-AID vs. Broadcom Test Data Manager report.
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